Micro-apartments are popping up all over Europe, New York, and San Francisco, and now the trend has reached the Mile High City. Denver architects have launched a competition to build 375 square-foot units on the South Platte River, about two miles from downtown. They hope the rents will be about $500-$700. Registration closes May 1, and submissions are due by May 9.
In other news, a home owned by Lincoln's son sells for $7.6 million, and the India Design Forum happens in March. See the headlines after the jump.
• Colorado Has Micro-Envy! Architects Launch Tiny-Apartment Contest In Denver | Architzer
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as a denver native it will be interesting to see how this goes. I know the market has changed a lot in the past few years but it is still very realistic to still find a 1 bedroom 500-600 square foot apartment closer to downtown than 2 miles for that same price. $500-700 will get you a studio or even one bedroom in cap hill or uptown. Not to mention everything in cap hill is cheaper than highlands/riverfront where im assuming this will be.
This doesnt seem so crazy. My condo is 400 sq ft and my building has some as small as 330! I could live comfortably in 375! Except my unit would rent for like $1300!! sigh...dang expensive cities
Since ROOMS in SF could go for $500-$1000 (rooms folks, not apartment, rooms) this would be a wonderful solution however I think the micro apartments in SF will be going for much, much more. You just can't win.
Living in fly-over country may have its downsides, but at least housing is affordable. I'm living in a great neighborhood right near the downtown of a medium-sized city in well-maintained 2000 sq foot detached home and the mortgage is under $500 a month. I'd probably lose my mind after a week of trying to cram my whole life into 375 sq feet. For those who don't spend any time at home other than to sleep, it might work out, but I was done with the dormitory lifestyle when I left college.
I love how micro apartments are starting to pop up everywhere. The more competition there is to design these spaces, the more creative people will become in making them desirable places to live. I think it's exciting!
I appreciate the need for apartments like these, but I'm not going to live in one unless I'm forced :) haha, I need more space than that to feel comfortable.
The apartment in the picture looks awesome. We have a lot of "apodments" going up in my neighborhood in Seattle. They are really tacky looking though....
I wish we had micros here on Oahu, as there are lots of smaller lots that can't handle a standard apartment structure (but are too expensive to build a single family house). The only problem is that the rent for the newer places would be as high as an older but larger space. Sigh, the price of living in paradise...